Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for October 02, 2016

Bellowthon, she has a bill. A law based on her fearOf those who are not just like her, dissent she shall not hear.Selfy wants in on the act, intolerance brings big moneyAll decent folk are mortified, can’t laugh at what’s not funny.At the Patterson Playhouse, Selfy puts the arm on GroundsTo grease the skids to pass the bill he makes appointed rounds.Deep pocket donors have kicked in to clamp down on the OthersSelfy reaches out to Grounds, pretends they are like brothers.Grounds is wise to trash like this, for some would send Grounds packingFor his ethnic heritage. Good conscience they are lacking.Shows vain Selfy to the door that exits to the alleyNext he kicks him to the curb, thus no more shall he sallyTo the abodes of those who know diversity is goldenNo monolithic nation here. To all we are beholden.

Selfie’s smiletook a whileTo get wiped off his faceAll it took Was an angry lookTo help him pick up the paceHe felt great shockthat this coffee blockResponded so violentlyAs he sat on his rear came overwhelming fearThat the truth some might never seeThose two were a threatHe would wager any betAnd needed to be corralled in a penNo doubt one day soonAn invasion of those from the moonWould occur that wasn’t an if but definitely a when.

.Good morning fellow DT and BMBG fans!.Coffee Grounds put Selphie through the grinder!.Back by popular demand… the BMBG Team… Gweedo, Neil Wick, JPuzzleWhiz, and Vista Bill….

Take A Stand.

Bye-bye, Selfie. Don’t let the doorknob hit ya where the Good Lord split ya.

.Bedtime for old Vista Bill!

Mr. Grounds knows how to handle people like Selfie….and does it with authority.

Coffee is a friend to the “two lunarian women.” He’s apparently quite familiar with the bill and doesn’t even let Selfy stick around long enough to give him the time of day. That’s what you call “booting him out” — literally!

“…I take it the answer is ‘no’, then?” ;-)

Yes they were.

Well, even Congressional aides get told “No” occasionally. It interesting Selfy is in the gutter—one would think he’s used to it by now. Hope his phone is OK those bad boys are expensive

Part of the reason for the Times layout is that newsstands used to fold newspapers in quarters for rack display, and people used to fold it in half lengthwise to read on the subway. So the main headline is on the right HALF of the front page. When the Times banners a headline clear across the top, it means there’s VERY BIG news.

Good man, Coffee.

I bet the Australian Mafia is awesome. Don’t you want to see that movie? Like, an Australian Goodfellas?

Does this mean no?

Good job to both PQ and Av! As far as the newspaper page goes, they used to put the Wanted posters on a back sheet. Maybe in NYC there were so many pics that they worked their way up to the front page. Coffee should have busted out some of Selfy’s front teeth to enhance his photogenic profile.

Lovely poetry by both Pequod and av today! Thanks to both of you!

“Narcisse” is definitely the perfect surname for Selfy.

It does not hurt that Mr. Grounds has at least met Mysta and Honeymoon through his association with Vitamin, and thus has some personal knowledge of their relative harmlessness.

Now that’s negotiating!

@Apikoros Actually, at one point in prehistory, scientists believe that whales and dolphins would indeed have been able to walk on land, as evidenced by vestigial hip bones in their skeletons. Please do your research before attempting to critique someone else’s comment, and remember that everyone is entitled to their beliefs. Have a nice day!

This country would be a better place if everyone would stand up and adopt Mr. Coffee’s approach to PACs, professional lobbyists, and other big money groups that are enabling the crook politicians who are running (and ruining) the nation.Get the money out of politics and let’s get some candidates who will actually represent the voters.

I had a feeling that Selfie Narcisse (very appropriate name for this creep) was going to get the right foot of fellowship from either Vitamin or Coffee.

[giggles] Oh thank you Mr. Grounds! I so wanted to do that when I first met this narcissistic, grinning harlequin. Now lets give his employer a nice swift kick where the good lord split her (Thank you Chris Colvard for that :)

Mr. Grounds takes out the trash. Curb service! The narcissist opts to not to get a selfie of his precious self nestled up against the garbage cans. Always a pleasure to visit the Patterson Playhouse. We’ve seen King Lear here. Also, Arsenic and Old Lace and Mister Magoo’s Christmas Carol. Kandikane and Vitamin had a tender moment in the aftermath of Gruesome’s bomb wreaking havoc. Lizz was here, too. She looked marvelous.

Thanks to Vista Bill, Gweedo, Night-Gaunt49, Ray Toler, Chris Sherlock, JPuzzleWhiz, morrow and ave09 (ok). Much appreciated.

Love today’s strip. How much better off we’d all be if we could do that to the haters in real life.Maybe this could be a Tracy spin-off – “The Adventures of Coffee Grounds, and Decaf the Wonder Dog.”

I wonder if Kandikane is still “hooked up” with Vitamin.

This will end up being a whale of a tail.

That drives me nuts when politicians send out fund-raising emails with headers like “Help me do my job by sending me money”. Try that in the real world and see how fast your behind is in the unemployment line, but in politics, it’s perfectly acceptable. It’s even worse when the party in power, aka can do whatever the hell they want, begs for help.

Awesome double poetry today guys. Well done.

YEAH!!!!!!!!

I called it, boot to the rear was the only donation selfie got out of Vitamin.

Way to go, Coffee!!!!

Can “Coffee” Grounds host the next presidential debate?

Mr. Grounds has a very traditional way of dealing with unwanted solicitation by politicians. But he does risk legal action by Selfy Narcisse.I rarely am solicited face-to-face (living in a condo building), but for the daily phone calls, I simply let my phone ring at least four times before picking up (remember, I have landline only), at which point the robocalls usually disconnect (to save time for more calls). Simple and mostly effective (though a few do let the ringings go beyond four; on those, I hang up as soon as I recognize the nature of the call—which is typically in five words or less)….

Sigh, the comments board is definitely jumping the shark!

Evem malicious little twerps like Selfy usually do better research on the people they approach. How could he not know about Vitamin’s association with the Tracy family. If he and Bellowthon are that stupid, how can they be dangerous? I’m sure there are plenty of ignorant rich people they could approach. Why pick the one who’d literally kick them out on their ass?

Fine men in our midstAV Pequod share with allThink in poems and rhymesAppreciated by allWe thank you both for the work

What’s the opposite of “Jumping The Shark?”

I’d heard a phrase, but it was a very specific one.